AgLife Digital – July 28, 2021 edition

July 28, 2021

Keeping positive St Helens Plains sheep breeder Matt Hill is hopeful shows will be back up and running following a season of cancellations.

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oung award-winning Wimmera producer Matt Hill will look to agricultural shows closer to home as a chance to bounce back from a series of sheep show cancellations.

The St Helens Plains sheep farmer, 28, was among hundreds of contestants whose plans to compete in the annual Australian Sheep and Wool Show were derailed due to Victoria’s fifth COVID-19 lockdown.

Mr Hill had been busy preparing to place his beloved Hampshire Down lambs up against the ‘best of best’ sheep breeders in the country before the cancellation of the July 16 to 18 event.

“I was there on the Thursday and got there early like I normally do to get a good car park to miss the big rush,” he said.

“I was there for the majority of the day, getting the sheep ready, trimmed, settled, scanned and weighed.

“Then it got called off. So, I grabbed a few pizzas with a couple of friends who I hadn’t seen for a while, sat on the grandstand and caught up, before we all packed our stuff and went home.”

The young farmer follows the show circuit each year, attending events in Melbourne, Sydney, Bendigo and Hamilton.

His sheep have won several awards, including champion ram and ram of the year awards at Royal Melbourne Show in 2019.

Mr Hill said it was disappointing to see a long list of shows cancelled due to the pandemic.

“It hasn’t been a great year for sheep shows,” he said.

“I went to Sydney in April and I

KEEPING POSITIVE: St Helens Plains sheep breeder Matt Hill is hopeful sheep shows will be back up and running following a season of cancellations.

Picture: PAUL CARRACHER must have only just snuck that one in – it was one of my more successful shows.

“Other than that, I hadn’t been to another sheep show for a long time.”

Despite the cancellation, Mr Hill remains hopeful of seeing a return to sheep shows, but this time, a little closer to home.

He said he had the Horsham agricultural show in his sights in late September, but remained cautiously optimistic about Royal Mel-

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“I’m a bit keener for Horsham than Melbourne at the moment,” he said.

“I can see a regional show happening before one of the larger city shows due to the virus.

“I also think interest in the Horsham show will be even greater this year than previous ones, just because producers have been preparing their rams and ewes and not been able to show them.”

Mr Hill, a sixth-generation farm-

er, has a long history of merino sheep breeding.

He said he was particularly proud of his Hampshire Down lambs, which he had invested in from a young age.

“The lambs are among my top breeding ewes,” he said.

“The Hampshire Down are really trending at the moment because of the eating quality, with all the marbling through the meat.”

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Wimmera-Mallee farmers can have their say in a census to provide an accurate picture of the nation’s agricultural activity and help inform policy and programs for the sector.

Farmers have until Thursday next week to provide feedback about their agricultural production, land and water use in the 2020-21 period for the Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS, census.

National Farmers Federation chief executive Tony Mahar said participation in the survey was crucial to ensure statistics accurately reflected the reality of what was happening across the sector.

“Agriculture has faced a turbulent year of drought, flood, mice and the ongoing impacts of COVID-19,” he said.

“It is important that farmers share their experiences and provide insight into the challenges faced during the 2020-21 period.”

Mr Mahar said the statistics would help inform policy and programs that would help drive profitability and productivity of the sector.

“This information will enable the government to work closely with industry to adapt and shape both the huge opportunities and expected challenges going forward,” he said.

Mr Mahar said ABS had taken on board participant feedback from past years and had made changes to the survey to make it easier to complete via online portal www.abs.gov.au/articles/2020-21agricultural-census.

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epeated field-day cancellations in the Wimmera-Mallee have prompted an agriculture leader to urge the community to maintain its support for showcase events beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wimmera Machinery Field Days past president and National Farmers Federation vice-president David Jochinke said the field-days hiatus was a major loss for the industry.

His comments came after Mallee Machinery Field Days organisers cancelled the August 4 and 5 agricultural showcase at Speed due to Victoria’s fifth COVID-19 lockdown.

Lockdowns leading up to March also forced Wimmera Machinery Field Days committee to cancel this year’s event. The event went ahead in 2020 just weeks before the onset of the pandemic.

Mr Jochinke said annual trade shows represented an opportunity for regional and rural communities to unite in a celebration of agriculture.

“It is an absolute disappointment that we’re in this situation of having to cancel another event in the region, especially for agriculture,” he said.

“Field days are an opportunity for us to get together and share experiences.

“We’ve also had a reasonable season and haven’t been able to celebrate that with our friends in agriculture due to the cancellations.”

Mr Jochinke said support from the agricultural sector and wider community would be key to the event’s continuation beyond the pandemic.

“If COVID has taught us anything, if you don’t get behind these events when they can return, they will die a natural death,” he said.

“In many ways this is a call to arms for the farming sector. If there’s an event on and we don’t support it could be the last one.”

Mr Jochinke said morale from committees in rural communities, which organise field days, would be low.

“Committees put a lot of time and effort into these events. If the agriculture community doesn’t value it, we might not have it in the future,” he said.

“There’s the hard economics of not running the event, but the other part to consider is organisers can lose motivation. The question will be how do we get that back for next season.”

Mr Jochinke said it would be important for organisers to focus on strengths, such as exhibits and social aspects of field days, to future-proof the events.

“One thing that field days do above anything else is give farmers the opportunity to eyeball products side-by-side in the same period,” he said.

“That aspect of the field days will always be their niche.

“There’s also not too many events where farmers gather in a social setting to look at machinery and celebrate the season together quite like a field days. You can’t get that in any online experience.”

Mr Jochinke said the break also represented a catalyst in leaders reshaping the format and presentation of the annual showcase events.

“Demonstrations field days were based on, and the monopoly they once had on information over latest releases of machinery, are no longer their niche with the advent of the internet and farmers becoming tech-savvy,” he said.

“I think the future of field days will still be relevant, but the format in how that is presented and making sure it’s a celebration of agriculture and family friendly is going to be the real challenge moving forward in the next few years.”

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Horsham saleyard numbers drop Sheep and lamb numbers at Horsham saleyard are gradually decreasing as producers persist through the winter months.

Horsham Regional Livestock Exchange yarded about 1500 less sheep and lambs at its weekly Wednesday sale last week, compared with earlier this month.

Meat and Livestock Australia livestock market officer Graham Pymer, based in Horsham, said both lamb and sheep numbers eased last week, with 3226 lambs and 1582 sheep penned.

“Quality was mixed, with a smaller offering of heavy lambs yarded,” he said.

“Most of the regular buying group attended and operated in a strong market with lambs generally selling from $5 to $10 a head up on last week.”

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ollectors and memorabilia enthusiasts will prepare for a unique and rare opportunity next week as one of the Wimmera’s most anticipated clearing sales gets under way.

A lifetime of collections, dating back to the late 1800s, will feature in the first five installments of an online Pipkorn Vintage and Collectables Sale.

Former Banyena farmer Ken Pipkorn, now of Horsham, has spent a lifetime gathering collectables.

Items gathered from his family farms will go under the hammer on August 7 and 8.

Elders Horsham is in charge of the online sale and has had the task of clearing, sorting and presenting decades of collected materials – much of it reflects and represents bygone eras and the evolution of Australia and beyond.

Elders Horsham branch manager Mat Taylor said he had been astonished at the scope of the collected materials, which would require two major clearing sales.

“The first is on August 7 and 8, covering collections of every conceivable type of item, some are extremely rare,” he said.

“The first, in five auction sections and with about 1200 multiple-item lots, concentrates on smaller collectables.

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RARE FINDS: Elders Horsham branch manager Mat Taylor with auction items being prepared for an online sale next month.

Picture: PAUL CARRACHER sive collection of larger machinery and vehicles, will be later in the year.

“It is such an extensive collection that by the time the overall sale is complete it will have been nearly a year since we started the process.

That’s how big a project this has been.”

Mr Taylor said the collection was so extensive it was mind-boggling.

“If you found one of something you knew you were going to find 20 more,” he said.

“We have an almost incomprehensible collection, involving everything from stamp, coin and expansive sign collections gathered from across eastern Australia, to everyday working materials, machinery and vehicles – used across generations.

Climate-change adaptation Wimmera-Mallee residents can have their say in a statewide survey to understand how key sectors of the economy and environment can be more resilient to climate change.

State Energy, Environment and Climate Change Minister Lily D’Ambrosio announced consultation was under way on seven draft climate-change adaptation action plans as the state moved to reach its ambitious climate-change targets.

The plans focus on seven sectors regarded as vulnerable to climate change or having an important role in adapting to further change including primary production, built environment, education and training, health and human services, transport, natural environment and water cycle.

Ms D’Ambrosio said the government was seeking input from the community to shape its plans, which would set a ‘solid foundation’ for a climate-resilient Victoria.

“Our climate is changing and we need to act.

That’s why we want to hear from essential sectors in Victoria about ways we can become more resilient to the impacts of climate change,” she said.

“Victoria’s seven adaptation action plans will collectively harness the opportunities and tackle the impacts of climate change, while caring for our environment and building the resilience of our economy.”

The plans respond to priorities in Victoria’s Climate Change Strategy, address impacts and the systematic changes needed to prepare key sectors for the future climate.

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“It has all been really something to behold.”

Mr Taylor said the sorting process had been an unforgettable experience.

“It has been nothing short of a privilege for Elders staff to be able to go through items that physically tell a story of Australia and Australian agriculture from the 1800s to the present day,” he said.

“It’s been a rare experience and the truth is, what we’re having is much more than a clearing sale – it’s a walk through and passing on of museum pieces.

“You would never have another opportunity in your life to buy some of the items up for sale.

“If you don’t get what you’re looking for here, you won’t get it anywhere.”

Mr Taylor said he was still coming to grips with the extent of the overall collection.

“Our team was constantly uncovering surprising finds that varied considerably,” he said.

“One example was a 1908 halfsovereign coin, sitting in an envelope.

“Another was a 1930s motorcycle that seemed to appear out of the blue.

“And every time we went to the property we were constantly finding car jacks from all eras, some dating back to the 1890s. Every day had a ‘wow’ moment.”

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hose of us who have been through it will never forget it. The phone call to inform us a loved one has taken their own life.

For me it was a friend, and we were his closest friends. He told us about his feeling of lack of purpose, that life was not worth living.

He never actually mentioned the word ‘suicide’, but all the signs were there.

He was found dead by his teenage children. It was the most traumatic funeral, with all of us wishing we had known what to do to prevent the tragedy.

The latest study, ‘Suicide in rural Australia: A retrospective study of mental health problems, healthseeking and service utilisation’ shows rates are higher in regional areas and the reasons are not fully understood.

The data for the study was compiled by accessing coroners reports from five years of cases and found that suicide rates were 11 percent higher than the national average. Fifty-six percent had been diagnosed with a mental illness and a further 24 percent had undiagnosed symptoms.

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percent, psychotic disorders, nine percent and anxiety disorders, eight percent. In the six weeks before suicide, 22 percent of cases had visited any type of health service at least once, and six percent had visited two or more services. Medication alone accounted for 76 percent of all cases treated,” the report stated.

One of the authors of the study was Dr David Perkins, director of the Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health at the University of Newcastle.

As he explained in an interview on Country Today, there were two age categories that suffered far more deaths: The 15 to 24 age group and then the over 75s.

“For the younger ones, this is when your whole life is before you – you might be having a relationship hope that has been dashed. There might be a whole series of reasons why, in that really formative period where your opportunities in rural areas might seem really challenging,” Dr Perkins said.

I went to an informal gathering of farming families at the aptly named Farmers Arms Hotel in Benalla where I live.

One of the older stalwarts of the local farmers hosts the show to encourage farmers, some of whom live alone and many who work alone, to come and talk with like-minded people with similar problems.

It was also great to see several of the young ones just starting their career in farming.

I thought of that initiative that is so simple but so important when Dr Perkins talked of the R U OK? campaign.

“We need to be good neighbours.

We need to work out how we’re going to connect with our neighbours, our work mates, our school mates, our family members, ringing up people we haven’t seen for a while, noticing if someone is not coming to the sports club. The personal, human role, the R U OK question,” he said.

As it says, a question that could change a life and possibly even save one.

• People can visit www.beyondblue. org.au or www.lifeline.org.au for information and support about anxiety, depression and suicide. People in need of crisis support and suicide prevention services can call Lifeline’s 24-hour hotline on 13 11 14. If a life is in danger, people should call police on triple zero.

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Goroke brothers up for award Generational Goroke farmers Grant and Bryce Hausler have been shortlisted for a national sheep industry award.

The brothers, shortlisted in the Zoetis Trade Champion category, run a stud and grazing operation alongside cropping canola, wheat, beans, barley and oats at their family farm.

Grant said he was honoured to be included among industry professionals nominated for the award.

“These awards are a great promotion for the sheep industry,” he said.

He said the family farm had a long history for breeding ‘well grown’ and ‘highly muscled’ rams with the ability to produce quality sucker or heavy export lambs.

The family farm runs Janmac Poll Dorset, founded by Malcolm and Janet Hausler in 1979, and White Suffolk stud, including about 600 stud ewes.

Their sheep operation also includes about 1000 merino ewes and merino and Border Leicester rams.

Grant said the sheep-meat industry was performing well this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Agriculture Victoria’s Dr Sally Norton is one of 29 participants to take part in the national program, designed to build leadership capability in people throughout rural, regional and remote Australia.

Dr Norton is a senior research scientist at Australian Grains Genebank at Horsham’s Grains Innovation Park.

She will attend 50 days of practical learning and mentoring.

Dr Norton said she was thrilled to be selected and was looking forward to getting started this month, with initial online training before joining her cohort for learning experiences in regional Australia and potentially overseas during the next 15 months.

“It’s an exciting opportunity to learn more about myself and develop skills to become a better leader,” she said.

“Regional and rural Victorians have been facing a host of challenges in recent years including drought, bushfires and floods, so the mentorship in this program will offer guidance on how to look at these events as opportunities to

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“This course will also provide the opportunity to really get out of my comfort zone and challenge both myself and my cohort to become stronger leaders”

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work together and build resilience.

“This course will also provide the opportunity to really get out of my comfort zone and challenge both myself and my cohort to become stronger leaders.”

In her role at Agriculture Victoria, Dr Norton leads a team of 23, which includes scientists, technicians and high-degree students.

She is also national leader of Australian Grains Genebank.

The Australian Rural Leadership Program selection process involved an online application and progression through an interview panel.

The program provides participants with opportunities to enhance their capacities and create a network of like-minded leaders to positively influence their organisations, industries and communities.

People seeking more information about Australian Rural Leadership Foundation can visit website, rural leaders.org.au/our-programs/arlp.

DEVELOPMENT: Dr Sally Norton is taking part in an Australian Rural Leadership Program.

A CSIRO agriculture and food director will visit Birchip early next month to discuss the future of agriculture with Wimmera-Mallee grain and livestock farmers.

Dr Michiel van Lookeren Campagne will speak at a Birchip Cropping Group breakfast on August 12.

Dr van Lookeren Campagne’s presentation, The future of agriculture and a scan of the horizon of what is to come, will showcase CSIRO’s vision for food and agriculture and how it applies to farmers and rural communities.

Dr van Lookeren Campagne has a background in bioscience and technology. He was the head of BioScience, Seeds and Traits at Bayer CropScience in the Netherlands before joining Syngenta in North Carolina and then CSIRO in 2019.

BCG chair John Ferrier said agriculture and food was one of CSIRO’s primary focus areas and was responsible for research from paddock to plate.

“CSIRO and BCG have had a long association. Together, we have developed the flagship product Yield Prophet and worked together on projects including measuring and managing soil water, soil sensing and exploring a farmer data market,” he said.

“These innovations have directly influenced broadacre cropping practices, improved decision-making and consequently, profitability in addition to the environmental benefits.”

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Wimmera mayor has pointed to the cancellation of the Mallee Machinery Field Days as a key reason the community must support events when they return.

Yarriambiack Shire Council mayor Graeme Massey said the resilience and solidarity of Wimmera-Mallee residents would aid the resurgence of events when COVID-19 lockdowns ended.

His comments came after field days organisers made the ‘tough call’ early last week to cancel the August 4 and 5 agricultural showcase in Speed due to Victoria’s fifth COVID-19 lockdown.

“I have every confidence the community will come along and support events in the shire when they can go ahead again,” Cr Massey said.

“Our communities are so strong and I know they will rise up and support revival of events – that goes without saying.

“It is a massive disappointment of the cancellation of the field days and the way we’re going at the moment, you can’t plan too far ahead with the suddenness of lockdowns.”

Cr Massey said towns including Speed, Patchewollock, Hopetoun and Ouyen would miss out on a major influx in tourism due to the event’s cancellation.

COVID-19 ‘exhausting’ SHOWCASE: Mallee Machinery Field Days provides an opportunity for producers, industry and friends to come together each year. COVID-19 has now cancelled the event two years running.

“This event is certainly one of the largest in our shire. The publicity the smaller towns get through this event is enormous,” he said.

“There is a great deal of people who come into the northern part of our shire who book out accommodation and order meals at cafes and hotels, which won’t happen this year.

“People would also travel through our shire and neighbouring municipalities, camping along the way and visiting attractions during the week of the event.”

Cr Massey said he was also concerned about the effect the cancellation would have on schools, sporting clubs and other groups that relied on

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the field days as a fundraising stream.

“So many volunteer groups, sporting groups, schools and kindergartens rely on the field days for their income for the year. They do the catering and car parking and other essential jobs to keep the event going,” he said.

“Their loss of income is enormous because it means for two years now, they can’t source funds while they still have commitments to pay such as insurances and their lease arrangements.”

The field days and Warracknabeal’s annual Easter festival Y-Fest are among Yarriambiack events cancelled this year due to the pandemic.

Cr Massey said he hoped other

big-scale events in the shire scheduled for later this year could proceed despite the uncertainty of COVID-19 lockdowns.

“Major events like the Patchewollock Music Festival and Murtoa’s Big Weekend, both in October, will have to rely on certainty if they are to go ahead due to the shear amount of planning that goes into them,” he said.

“The government seems to be using lockdowns as its first weapon of choice to suppress the virus.

“Some people might not agree with that method, but it’s what we have to live with.”

I am truly disappointed the Mallee Machinery Field Days committee has cancelled the event for this year.

Not only was I looking forward to attending myself, but I know how much these field days mean to our communities and especially Speed.

The MMFD is not only an opportunity for producers, industry and locals alike to share information, innovation and new farming equipment. The benefits of the days include lifting community spirits.

We cannot underestimate the mental-health benefits to everyone concerned by being able to meet together.

COVID has put local communities under intense pressure and isolated many families over the past 18 months, so events like these are hugely important.

One thing is for sure, absence certainly can make the heart grow fonder, and I’m sure everyone will be looking forward to 2022 Mallee Machinery Field Days!

– Anne Webster

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he president of the Mallee’s largest agricultural and agribusiness trade show at Speed says several communities are feeling the socio-economic fallout of cancelling the 2021 event.

Mallee Machinery Field Days president Terry Kiley said the town of less than 100 people was bracing for more than 8000 visitors, including farmers, exhibitors and tourists from across the country.

Mr Kiley said Victoria’s fifth COVID-19 lockdown forced Speed Lions Club, which organises the field days, to cancel the event for the second consecutive year.

“We were just three weeks out and really looking forward to it, but what can you do – it’s out of our hands,” he said.

“We had everything prepared and the site had been mowed and marked.

“But I’m glad we called it when we did because there would have been marquees going up last week and exhibitors would have been moving in – that’s why we called it when we did.”

Leaders are concerned the cancellation of the region’s primary agricultural event will extend far beyond the farming community it supports.

The field days serves as the biggest fundraising opportunity for Speed

and its neighbouring communities.

Organisers estimate the event generates between $50,000 and $100,000 each year.

Mr Kiley said 20 community groups across Speed, Tempy, Ouyen, Patchewollock and Hopetoun would miss out on key fundraising opportunities the field days provided.

“It’s an economic loss to us, but it’s also a big loss to local community groups that help us run it,” he said.

“There’s a couple of football clubs, including Sea Lake-Nandaly Tigers and Ouyen United, and numerous school groups that help out with the event.

“There’s also Men’s Shed members from Hopetoun and Ouyen who help with parking.

“All these community groups get a dividend from the work they’re doing.”

Mr Kiley said Speed Lions Club contributed money to several causes each year, including Ouyen and District Hospital, Rural Northwest Health in Hopetoun and Sea Lake and District Hospital.

“We also have a program where we can give high school students about $750 to go to university or towards a trade,” he said.

“If there’s anyone who has a need locally, such as someone with cancer and they need to travel to Melbourne for appointments, we give them fuel

“We had everything prepared and the site had been mowed and marked. But I’m glad we called it when we did because there would have been marquees going up last week and exhibitors would have been moving in – that’s why we called it when we did”

– Terry Kiley

vouchers and help with their accommodation costs.

“We also contribute to cancer research, heart disease and other medical conditions through our fundraising efforts.

“This is the only event we run for the year, so it has a big impact when we can’t run it.”

Mr Kiley said although it was a ‘big hit’ cancelling the event two years in a row, the Lions Club would forge ahead with plans for a 2022 event.

“It will be a limited event if it keeps getting cancelled. This year we ran at a bigger loss than last year due to 2020’s cancellation,” he said.

“But hopefully people will get vaccinated and there will come a point when we can run events without all the stress associated with the pandemic in the future.”

FORGING AHEAD: Mallee Machinery Field Days president Terry Kiley said although it was a ‘big hit’ cancelling the event two years in a row, Speed Lions Club would forge ahead with plans for a 2022 event.

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Wimmera mayor has pointed to the cancellation of the Mallee Machinery Field Days as a key reason the community must support events when they return.

Yarriambiack Shire Council mayor Graeme Massey said the resilience and solidarity of Wimmera-Mallee residents would aid the resurgence of events when COVID-19 lockdowns ended.

His comments came after field days organisers made the ‘tough call’ early last week to cancel the August 4 and 5 agricultural showcase in Speed due to Victoria’s fifth COVID-19 lockdown.

“I have every confidence the community will come along and support events in the shire when they can go ahead again,” Cr Massey said.

“Our communities are so strong and I know they will rise up and support revival of events – that goes without saying.

“It is a massive disappointment of the cancellation of the field days and the way we’re going at the moment, you can’t plan too far ahead with the suddenness of lockdowns.”

Cr Massey said towns including Speed, Patchewollock, Hopetoun and Ouyen would miss out on a major influx in tourism due to the event’s cancellation.

COVID-19 ‘exhausting’ SHOWCASE: Mallee Machinery Field Days provides an opportunity for producers, industry and friends to come together each year. COVID-19 has now cancelled the event two years running.

“This event is certainly one of the largest in our shire. The publicity the smaller towns get through this event is enormous,” he said.

“There is a great deal of people who come into the northern part of our shire who book out accommodation and order meals at cafes and hotels, which won’t happen this year.

“People would also travel through our shire and neighbouring municipalities, camping along the way and visiting attractions during the week of the event.”

Cr Massey said he was also concerned about the effect the cancellation would have on schools, sporting clubs and other groups that relied on

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the field days as a fundraising stream.

“So many volunteer groups, sporting groups, schools and kindergartens rely on the field days for their income for the year. They do the catering and car parking and other essential jobs to keep the event going,” he said.

“Their loss of income is enormous because it means for two years now, they can’t source funds while they still have commitments to pay such as insurances and their lease arrangements.”

The field days and Warracknabeal’s annual Easter festival Y-Fest are among Yarriambiack events cancelled this year due to the pandemic.

Cr Massey said he hoped other

big-scale events in the shire scheduled for later this year could proceed despite the uncertainty of COVID-19 lockdowns.

“Major events like the Patchewollock Music Festival and Murtoa’s Big Weekend, both in October, will have to rely on certainty if they are to go ahead due to the shear amount of planning that goes into them,” he said.

“The government seems to be using lockdowns as its first weapon of choice to suppress the virus.

“Some people might not agree with that method, but it’s what we have to live with.”

I am truly disappointed the Mallee Machinery Field Days committee has cancelled the event for this year.

Not only was I looking forward to attending myself, but I know how much these field days mean to our communities and especially Speed.

The MMFD is not only an opportunity for producers, industry and locals alike to share information, innovation and new farming equipment. The benefits of the days include lifting community spirits.

We cannot underestimate the mental-health benefits to everyone concerned by being able to meet together.

COVID has put local communities under intense pressure and isolated many families over the past 18 months, so events like these are hugely important.

One thing is for sure, absence certainly can make the heart grow fonder, and I’m sure everyone will be looking forward to 2022 Mallee Machinery Field Days!

– Anne Webster

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BY DYLAN DE JONG

he president of the Mallee’s largest agricultural and agribusiness trade show at Speed says several communities are feeling the socio-economic fallout of cancelling the 2021 event.

Mallee Machinery Field Days president Terry Kiley said the town of less than 100 people was bracing for more than 8000 visitors, including farmers, exhibitors and tourists from across the country.

Mr Kiley said Victoria’s fifth COVID-19 lockdown forced Speed Lions Club, which organises the field days, to cancel the event for the second consecutive year.

“We were just three weeks out and really looking forward to it, but what can you do – it’s out of our hands,” he said.

“We had everything prepared and the site had been mowed and marked.

“But I’m glad we called it when we did because there would have been marquees going up last week and exhibitors would have been moving in – that’s why we called it when we did.”

Leaders are concerned the cancellation of the region’s primary agricultural event will extend far beyond the farming community it supports.

The field days serves as the biggest fundraising opportunity for Speed

and its neighbouring communities.

Organisers estimate the event generates between $50,000 and $100,000 each year.

Mr Kiley said 20 community groups across Speed, Tempy, Ouyen, Patchewollock and Hopetoun would miss out on key fundraising opportunities the field days provided.

“It’s an economic loss to us, but it’s also a big loss to local community groups that help us run it,” he said.

“There’s a couple of football clubs, including Sea Lake-Nandaly Tigers and Ouyen United, and numerous school groups that help out with the event.

“There’s also Men’s Shed members from Hopetoun and Ouyen who help with parking.

“All these community groups get a dividend from the work they’re doing.”

Mr Kiley said Speed Lions Club contributed money to several causes each year, including Ouyen and District Hospital, Rural Northwest Health in Hopetoun and Sea Lake and District Hospital.

“We also have a program where we can give high school students about $750 to go to university or towards a trade,” he said.

“If there’s anyone who has a need locally, such as someone with cancer and they need to travel to Melbourne for appointments, we give them fuel

“We had everything prepared and the site had been mowed and marked. But I’m glad we called it when we did because there would have been marquees going up last week and exhibitors would have been moving in – that’s why we called it when we did”

– Terry Kiley

vouchers and help with their accommodation costs.

“We also contribute to cancer research, heart disease and other medical conditions through our fundraising efforts.

“This is the only event we run for the year, so it has a big impact when we can’t run it.”

Mr Kiley said although it was a ‘big hit’ cancelling the event two years in a row, the Lions Club would forge ahead with plans for a 2022 event.

“It will be a limited event if it keeps getting cancelled. This year we ran at a bigger loss than last year due to 2020’s cancellation,” he said.

“But hopefully people will get vaccinated and there will come a point when we can run events without all the stress associated with the pandemic in the future.”

FORGING AHEAD: Mallee Machinery Field Days president Terry Kiley said although it was a ‘big hit’ cancelling the event two years in a row, Speed Lions Club would forge ahead with plans for a 2022 event.

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n independent Australian grains advocacy agency is targeting customers throughout Asia via a series of ‘whole grain’ webinars.

Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre has already presented to Vietnam and Indonesia and has scheduled other webinars for Malaysia tomorrow, Thailand on August 17 and the Philippines on August 19.

The whole-grain webinars are designed to help flour millers and food manufacturers across South East Asia understand the advantages of choosing Australian whole grains amid increasing interest in health benefits.

Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre, AEGIC, analytical services and research business manager Dr Hayfa Salman said capitalising on the mounting demand for healthy whole grains was a significant opportunity for the Australian export grains industry.

“Thanks to previous AEGIC research, we know Australian wheat has unique benefits for whole-grain products when it comes to cleanliness, colour and flavour,” she said.

“We also know whole-grain consumption in Asia is continuing to grow as governments, health authorities and consumers recognise the many health and economic benefits.

“Asian flour millers are hungry for information about the merits of Australian whole grains and how to optimise their value, and we are very happy to provide this support.”

To accompany the whole-grain webinar series, AEGIC’s milling experts developed a technical information pack about how to maximise value when milling whole-grain flour.

The guide is specifically for international millers to help them mill whole-grain wheat and to increase the probability that Australian wheat is selected for whole-grain flour.

The webinars feature AEGIC experts Dr Salman, Mathew Rees, senior milling consultant, and Sabrina Lim, food scientist.

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FAMILY FARM: Lester Maybery and his grandson Cody Maybery, 15, inspect sheep for shearing at their Mitre farm.

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Recovery positive for sheep, wool Mitre livestock farmer Lester Maybery is among Australian producers benefitting from a strong wool market this season.

Mr Maybery, who runs 2500 merino sheep, has been busy shearing his flock for the past two weeks amid the height of Victoria’s shearing season during July.

Agribusiness Rural Bank, which has a branch in Horsham, predicted the Australian wool market would continue to recover in the second half of 2021, while international demand increased

for wool apparel in its mid-year outlook.

However, the report also predicted price volatility was likely to continue as the supply to market fluctuated.

Mr Maybery said the strength of Australia’s wool market was a positive signal for WimmeraMallee wool producers.

“The wool and sheep market is very good to be honest. The wool market has climbed up quite nicely,” he said.

Mr Maybery said a dry summer

and autumn period affected the quality of his flock’s fleeces.

“The clip is not as good as other years because of the dry summer – but it’s not too bad,” he said.

“However, we’re very thankful for the recent rain, because it was dry for a while.”

Mr Maybery said he enjoyed teaching his grandchildren Cody and Macey Mayberry about wool and sheep farming, particularly during the school holidays.

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hen Nhill’s Kirsty Pollock traded hair clippers for shears six years ago she never expected to have the chance to represent her state alongside her brother.

The former hairdresser and her brother Josh Bone, who work on a Yanac sheep farm, are keen to see a return to Victorian shows for an opportunity to qualify for a National Shearing Championship later this year.

The pair was set to compete in shearing and wool-handling competitions at Australian Sheep and Wool Show in Bendigo earlier this month.

Victoria’s fifth COVID-19 lockdown forced organisers to cancel the July 16 to 18 event.

Mr Bone qualified for the state shearing team at the 2019 show, while Mrs Pollock narrowly missed her chance to qualify for the wool-handling team.

Mrs Pollock said 2021 was going to be a chance to redeem herself and represent Victoria alongside her brother.

“It was pretty gut-wrenching to see the competition cancelled,” she said.

“I hadn’t made it to the Victorian team yet, so I thought maybe this year was my year to get in.”

Mrs Pollock said she had been training hard every day at work to prepare for the Bendigo show.

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TOP TEAM: Champion sheep shearer Josh Bone clips merino ewes at Murray Miller’s Yanac farm with his sister, wool handler Kirsty Pollock.

Picture: PAUL CARRACHER my fitness. I feel like I’m better than I was in 2019 and I have more confidence,” she said.

“I’m always thinking about how I can do a task faster or more efficiently to a higher quality.

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Mrs Pollock said her bond with her brother had grown in the time they had been working together.

“We take our work pretty seriously and are always mindful of quality, but we joke around too,” she said.

“We just know how to read each other and it works pretty well.”

Shearers and wool-handling competitors across the state are hoping

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Mr Bone and Mrs Pollock were among hundreds of competitors who followed a show circuit across South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania in the lead-up to the Bendigo finals.

Mrs Pollock said officials were deliberating whether they could move the competition to Horsham agriculture show in September or Warrnambool Show in October.

She said running the competition at Horsham represented a major opportunity to showcase the wool industry in the Wimmera.

“The little shed they have it in at Bendigo is packed and people come from everywhere to watch it. You have the best of the best shearers and wool handlers in the state,” she said.

“If it was hosted in Horsham, Wimmera people who might have never seen us perform would also have a chance to watch.”

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ational agriculture leaders based in the Wimmera are confident consistent rain and high commodity prices might lead to promising results at harvest time for regional grain producers.

Grain Producers Australia chairman and Rupanyup farmer Andrew Weidemann said market demand and recent rain in the Wimmera was boosting farmer confidence.

National Farmers Federation vice-president David Jochinke, who runs a mixed grain and livestock farm in Murra Warra, said confidence in the region’s grains industry was increasing producers’ ability to invest more on their farming operations.

Mr Weidemann, who farms canola, beans, lentils, barley and wheat, said his farm received 100 millimetres of rain since late May, which followed a drier than average start to the cropping season.

“We’re probably exceeding expectations because we had such a dry period from the start of February, where we sowed a lot of our crops dry,” he said.

“Some crops like beans were sown dry and for a while weren’t showing as much vigour as they normally would, but generally speaking everything has been pretty good.

“I might see the odd paddock with

tember through to October,” he said.

“We just need those finishing rains in those months, and we should have a pretty solid year.”

weeds and insect issues, but we also haven’t seen a mice issue that we’ve seen in past years.”

The Bureau of Meteorology, BoM, recorded 38 millimetres of rain at its Horsham observation site during July.

Stawell recorded 52mm, Edenhope 50mm, Ararat 36mm and Hopetoun 27mm.

BoM is predicting rain from August to October would likely be above median for most of Australia.

Its three-month summary also showed a negative Indian Ocean Dipole forming, and large parts of the eastern Indian Ocean are warmer than average, which could favour aboveaverage winter-spring rain for parts of Australia.

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Mr Weidemann said changes in the global grains market would contribute to high demand for Wimmera-Mallee commodities.

“Canada is in a one-in-100-year drought at the moment. You’ve got a chunk of America’s prime wheat growing area that’s also struggling for moisture, combined with the fact China is buying up more wheat than expected,” he said.

“All of these factors are pushing global prices up.”

Mr Weidemann said demand for pulses and oil seeds were also growing.

OPTIMISTIC: Grain Producers Australia chairman and Rupanyup farmer Andrew Weidemann, who farms canola, beans, lentils, barley and wheat, says strong market demand and winter rain is boosting farmers’ confidence.

Picture: PAUL CARRACHER “Last week, there were announcements coming out of India where they’re looking at accumulating more pulses, which is a great sign for the Wimmera-Mallee,” he said.

“Oil seeds and canola are our premium crops this year in terms of price.

However, sadly a lot of the Mallee was too late for them to get a decent start.

“But the Wimmera and Western

District should do quite well out of canola.”

Mr Weidemann said if market demand continued through the year, producers would be looking at a positive economic return at harvest later this year.

“Commodity prices are looking really strong, however, the really good rainfall months that put dollars in people’s pockets are probably from Sep-

Mr Jochinke said rain and commodity prices were contributing to producers’ confidence to invest on their farms.

“The general feeling when I’m catching up with my neighbours or talking to people further afield is positivity,” he said.

“With the turnaround in weather, farmers are making strategic decisions for the future with key purchases of equipment, silos, machinery, grain and hay handling gear.

“There seems to be a lot of positivity around investing in those items that in a general year, you can’t necessarily justify.”

Mr Jochinke said the winter rain gave him a renewed sense of confidence regional producers could expect a better than average return this season.

“When we first started this season, I was very conservative and thought we could pull off an average season,” he said.

“We’re a long way off before we count any chickens, but if we stay on this trajectory, it will be a promising year.”

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ational weed-control agency Weedsmart has reported random weed surveys continuing to identify an increasing trend in herbicide resistance across Australia’s broadacre cropping regions.

It has identified the single cause of herbicide resistance in weeds as selection pressure through herbicide use.

Annual ryegrass leads the charge, with resistance to multiple herbicide modes of action, and demands a readjustment in weed-control strategies.

Dr Peter Boutsalis of Plant Science Consulting said the introduction of several new herbicides in recent years had provided options for controlling some resistant populations, particularly for Group 1 A and Group 2 B resistant ryegrass. But this alone would not halt resistance evolution in ryegrass populations across Australia.

“Simply changing to another mode of action when older chemistry seems less effective is not a long-term solution,” he said.

“Any herbicide has the ability to select for resistance, especially in a genetically diverse species such as ryegrass.

“The strategy needs to centre on increasing diversity in herbicides and non-herbicide tools, not just switching from an ‘old’ herbicide to a ‘new’ one.”

Grains Research and Development Corporation has invested in random weed surveys in different regions in New South Wales each year from 2015 to 2019.

These surveys have identified differences in the pattern of resistance between regions and states, but the trend toward multiple-resistance mechanisms and resistance to increasing application rates is undeniable.

Dr John Broster, Charles Sturt University, said most annual ryegrass populations in NSW were resistant to Group 1 A and Group 2 B herbicides with some variability between the surveyed sub-regions.

To date, no populations had been found that were resistant to newer preemergent herbicides, however resistance had been reported in other states.

“Of particular concern is the percentage of ryegrass populations sampled in the random survey in some sub-regions that are resistant to glyphosate,” he said.

“The extent of resistance in some areas was brought home strongly in the 2020 season when many growers were confronted with significant patches of ryegrass that clearly escaped pre-seeding glyphosate applications.”

The random surveys involved the collection and testing of 608 ryegrass populations, with the results showing five percent of these populations were resistant to glyphosate.

INCREASING DIVERSITY: Dr Peter Boutsalis of Plant Science Consulting offers ‘Quick Tests’ for growers and agronomists who experience an apparent herbicide failure.

The highest level of resistance so far was found in 2019 results from the eastern NSW region alone, where 14 percent of populations were resistant to glyphosate.

A population is considered resistant to a herbicide when more than 20 percent of the plants grown from seed collected at a single site survive applications of registered rates of the herbicide in question.

In addition to the random sampling to provide the ‘big picture’ of resistance extent, Dr Boutsalis also has Quick Tests when growers and agronomists experience an apparent herbicide failure.

In 2020, he was sent 83 ryegrass samples from concerned growers in NSW and Quick Tests showed 79 percent of individual plants that survived

paddock treatments were resistant to glyphosate.

“This suggested that although glyphosate resistance is generally a significant contributing factor to weeds escaping herbicide treatment in the paddock, there are potentially other forces involved as well,” Dr Boutsalis said.

“Poor application technique or application onto stressed plants, incorrect timing, sampling plants that were not exposed to glyphosate, antagonistic tank mixes, inferior glyphosate formulation, poor water quality, incorrect adjuvants, or a combination of these can also result in poor weed control.

“To keep any herbicide as a longterm option it is essential that high-quality products are applied correctly and that survivor plants are

prevented from setting seed. Switching products is a very short-term and inadequate solution. A better strategy is to implement a diverse program of both herbicide and non-herbicide tactics and be diligent.”

Other than confirming resistance, herbicide testing is a powerful way to identify modes of action that a resistant population is susceptible to.

Growers who are confronted with patches of ‘survivor’ weeds this season can send live plant samples in for the Quick Test to identify herbicide options that could be used to prevent seed set in the current season.

If the escapes are not seen until seed has set, seed can be collected and sent to either CSU or Plant Science Consulting for testing against a wider range of herbicides, including pre-emergent herbicides.

Testing of ‘suspect’ seed samples sent to CSU last year resulted in 30 percent of populations testing positive to glyphosate resistance.

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Mr Littleproud said a 2019 package put more biosecurity officers and detector dogs on the ground and enhanced measures in the battle to keep the disease out of Australia.

He said if ASF was to reach Australian shores and spread throughout the states and regions, including Victoria and the Wimmera, it would have a significant impact on pig health and production.

It would also have a wider economic impact through loss of access to overseas markets for Australian pork products.

“With its rapid spread through Asia, and new variants being discovered, the disease is threatening the livelihoods of millions of people globally who rely on the pork industry,” Mr Littleproud said.

“Since 2019, we have successfully strengthened Australia’s border control measures and increased targeted operations to detect non-compliance.

“We have also raised awareness of our biosecurity requirements to those travelling or mailing goods to Australia and reinforced our national preparedness.”

Mr Littleproud said a $400-million investment in biosecurity in the 2021-22 budget continued a commitment to help protect Australia from the

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“Feral pigs are a major environmental and agricultural pest and would be an impediment to eradication of ASF if it were to arrive in Australia. As a result, the Australian government is supporting a range of feral-pig control measures,” he said.

“Appointment of a national feral-pig management co-ordinator and development of a national feral pig action plan is facilitating nationally coordinated management and control of feral pigs.

“In a recent thermal assisted aerial control trial, thermal cameras detected 99 percent of the 126 feral pigs killed, compared with one percent visible to the human eye.”

Mr Littleproud said through a Communities Combating Pest and Weed Impacts During Drought Program, the government had provided more than $2.6-million to eight eligible drought-affected Local Government Areas in Queensland and New South Wales for on-ground management of feral pigs, among other priority pest animals and weeds.

“Building on this work, our commitments in the 2021-22 budget will continue our efforts to reduce the economic and environmental burden of established feral animals and weeds,” he said.

“We remain committed to keeping ASF out of Australia and protecting local pork industries and international exports, while supporting land managers to better manage the impacts of feral pigs.”

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COMMITTED: Judges at a 2021 Junior Show Ambassador Award State Final named Edenhope’s Elyssa Hausler a winner at Bendigo late last month.

Elyssa keen to give back Edenhope’s Elyssa Hausler believes community spirit is among the most important aspects of living in a rural area.

Her commitment to giving back to her home town won her recognition as the state’s 2021 Junior Show Ambassador last month.

Judges at the Bendigo event also announced Nhill Agricultural and Pastoral Society member Mickayla Farmers as a state finalist for the award.

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Elyssa said her family had a long history of volunteering its time for the agricultural society.

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“I’ve been stewarding in the cookery section for as long as I can remember.

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Elyssa is also involved in Edenhope-Apsley Football Netball Club and coaches Edenhope Tennis Club’s Hot Shots team.

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“I want to find ways to keep younger people involved in the town and keep the younger generation wanting to stay in Edenhope,” she said.

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